Invasive Species resources

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List of RI Invasive Species

Rhode Island Invasives

Asian Shore Crab

CRMC guide to the Asian Shore Crab

Asian Shore Crab information

European Starling


european starling information overview

All about Birds - European Starling

Animal Diversity Web

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)


USDA fact sheet

Plants Least Wanted

Invasive Information - Purple Loosestrife


Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)

How to control Knotweed.This link talks mostly about how to get rid of knotweed and keep it from coming back

A blog about controlling knotweed this link offers a personal perspective about how damaging and difficult to remove knotweed can be.

Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)

URI outreach fact sheet general information about bittersweet from URI

University of Maine outreach more general information about knotweed

Least Wanted another link describing the damage and issues with bittersweet

Is bittersweet killing your trees?

Bittersweet Brush management

Bittersweet information

Bittersweet environmental impacts from Maine

Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)


Fact Sheet from Connecticut

University of Florida center for invasive species

USDA fact Sheet

Maine Information hydrilla

Map Of Hydrilla Spread on East Coast

Hydrilla overview

Massachusetts invasives Information - Hydrilla

Nearby Invasive Species


Asian Long-Horned Bettle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

USDA fact sheet
UVM outreach

Other Invasive Species


Nurtria


The mammals of Texas - Nutria

Lousianna Nutria Site

Kudzu


The amazing Story of Kudzu

Brown Tree Snakes


US Fish and Wildlife brown tree snake


Other Resources

Why are Invasive Species a Problem?

http://areaivenvirothon.org/2009/AquaticsFiles/InvasiveSpecies.pdf
    • =Invasive Species FAQs=
http://cisr.ucr.edu/invasive_species_faqs.html#some%20establish


    • =ITIS - For Name of Species=
Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Find scientific names and classification of plants and animals


    • =National Invasive Species Information Center=
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/index.shtml


    • =Global Invasive Species Database=
Click here to look up information on any invasive species













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